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Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by CTitanic, Feb 17, 2014.

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  1. CTitanic

    CTitanic Member

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    A young driver hit my 2 month old 2013 Prius

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    His insurance is paying for the repair around $4800
     
    #1 CTitanic, Feb 17, 2014
  2. CTitanic

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    Now I'm driving a Ford Focus rental, I feel like a fish out of the water driving the Focus. For this shopping for a cheap car, stay away from the Focus.
     
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    Sorry to hear about your accident.
     
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  4. CTitanic

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    Thanks god, there were not structural damages, mostly all damages were cosmetics.
     
    #4 CTitanic, Feb 17, 2014
  5. orenji

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    Looks like you both tried to stop to avoid hitting each other? Did you have an eye witness to the accident?
     
    #5 orenji, Feb 17, 2014
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    argh!:mad: that's a lot of damage, all the best!(y)
     
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  7. CTitanic

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    No witnesses , but thanks God the guy was honest and in another hand he crossed the street when he had a stop sign on it. Basically he was driving between two car that were in the left line from the one I was using. I was around 25 mph and he was not more than 10 probably.
     
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    What a bummer! Hope you get your Prius back soon. H
     
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    Well glad to hear he was honest about it!
     
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  10. PriusGuy32

    PriusGuy32 Prius Driver Extraordinaire

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    $4800?!?!? Dang. Must be a lot of damage we cant see. Thats a lot of $$
     
    #10 PriusGuy32, Feb 17, 2014
  11. bestmapman

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    $4800 doesn't surprise me. Car repairs are so expensive nowadays.
     
    #11 bestmapman, Feb 18, 2014
  12. mrstop

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    My collision was in the same area but more front on with a pole in the parking garage:oops: . The exterior damage wasn't too different than yours. The bill ended being over $11K as I managed to damage the main wiring harness ($4K part) which grounds just in front of the wheels.
     
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    I test drove the Focus last spring and found it to be very uncomfortable for me. I'm glad we ended up with the Prius.
     
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    PriusGuy32 Prius Driver Extraordinaire

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    I guess!
     
    #14 PriusGuy32, Feb 18, 2014
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    Sorry about the accident, especially on a clear, dry day.

    BTW, what is that green stuff in the background? I've forgotten about that color.
     
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    retired4999 Prius driver since 2005

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    Green, green, green what green? I have been looking every where!
     
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    Sorry to hear about it prii. ....hope u get it back soon

    VS980 4G ?
     
    #17 sfv41901, Feb 18, 2014
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    Wow...that doesn't look like $4800 worth of damage! It looks like you only need a new headlight and front bumper cover. From the picture, I would have guessed $2500.
     
    #18 eddiehaskell, Feb 19, 2014
  19. mrstop

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    In looking at it it probably also needs a fender and possibly a new fender support welded in. Add to that miscellaneous brackets and braces...
     
    #19 mrstop, Feb 19, 2014
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    Also the three step paint process is very expensive.
    Had to get 1 pint of each (white, pearl, clear) for my PIP and it was almost $250!
    And it's time consuming for the body shop to blend in and get the amount of pearl just right- they usually have to shoot test panels then compare to the surrounding areas.
     
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